Tonight's performance is something that I couldn't wait to watch- Ben Folds. I was so impatient during our fancy dinner by the harbor. I wanted time to pass quickly so we could zip straight to the performance!
Ben Folds, armed with an arsenal of a solitary Steinway, with its ivories fluttering at every nuance of his nimble fingers, had his name up in the lights of the iconic Sydney Opera House.
In that 2 hours, his amazing talent owned the piano; his charisma and easy humor commanded the stage. It was request night! See that overflowing bowl of request slips? He randomly picked songs from there for tonight.
He started with 'The Luckiest'. 'Rockin' The Suburbs' got the crowd grooving. He bantered, teased and chatted with the super responsive crowd. Then he covered The Postal Service's 'Such Great Heights' and Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer'. He charmed the crowd by asking for a pair of sunnies to play the latter!
He got the crowd to provide back-up vocals to 'Not The Same'. He played conductor and had the crowd do this little thingy to fill the hall with our music. Tis fun! We so want him to come to Singapore. But tongue-in-cheek songs like 'Bitches Ain't Shit'...uh-oh, we're sure it won't do for strait-laced Esplanade Concert Hall.
Of course there's the de rigeur 'Rock This Bitch'! Fans would know that he does a different version each time he is made to sing this song. Check out this one in Perth a couple of years back. Hurrah for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra! They were really sporting!
The encore was the rousing 'One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces'. Man, you gotta be there. It was a magical, awesome night of pure wizardry.
6 comments:
Envious!
olduvai: you'd have so enjoyed it! i'm sure he'll travel to your city! easier than singapore!
awesome! u r one lucky girl!!
i just found 'bitches ain't shit'. the finale was awesome. he has quite a command on the stage, falling off like that, omgawd. awesome. you must really had a fabtastic time, imp!
i must quickly say you look very cute in that leather outfit hugging around that poster or so.
tuti: he fell off stage in the video?? it was a great show for sure. HAHAH. When we saw the poster, we all had to do that shot.
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